My son is 6 months old. he has been waking up in the middle of the night for the last couple of months screaming like hes being killed. When i flip the light on, he wakes up, blinks at me and then crys to be picked up. after that he is fine and goes back to sleep. i dont think its gas because he doesnt needgas drop or anything else ike that to make the screaming stop- just turning the light on. i asskd a nurse about it and she sai she had never heard of it, it must be gas,,,,what do u think
2007-01-23 12:10:43 · 11 answers · asked by psychoticangel_kitty 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
he only does this once or twice a month. he sleeps in his own bed in my room. home life is calm and he is a very happy baby dduring the day- usually
2007-01-23 12:11:32 · update #1
we do sleep with a nightlight in our room- although it kills me cause i cant sleep with light- but it helps the ababy sleep. it usually happens when i have turned it off cause he went to my moms. but he doesnt do this at my moms house- she doesnt use a night light.
2007-01-23 12:26:23 · update #2
It sounds more like nightmares and not night terrors. Night terrors is inherited and is a condition where the person has terrible dreams of a creature/hag tries to attack them. What makes this different from a normal nightmare is that the person is in the wrong stage of dreaming and they have control of there body. Some with this condition have jumped out of windows, hurt those sleeping with them and in one case that I have heard of even got in the car and was killed in an accident.
One of my sons had dreams when he was very young that one of his toys was taken from him and cried in his sleep. He could be dreaming that something important to him is missing.
You did use the word screaming and screaming is often associated with pain. Does he have any rashes? He could be allergic to a detergent used to wash his blankets or sheets?
2007-01-23 12:24:53 · answer #1 · answered by Mike 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best thing you can do is go to your child and comfort him. Pick him up, rock him, sing to him, whatever works to calm him down. What you do NOT want to do is put him in the bed with you. First of all it can be dangerous, what if you were to roll over on top of hiim during the night?? I know most parents would say I'd never do that, but it could very well happen. Also as the baby gets older, he will be wanting to sleep in your bed all the time and not his own, and it will be a very bad habit to break. Put a nightlight in the bedroom if the light calms him. Leave a lamp on...Whatever works for him. Just give him the comfort he needs and then put him back in his OWN BED. Good luck.
2007-01-23 20:22:57 · answer #2 · answered by Gayle 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a daughter that had night terrors...with night terrors if you go to them...it doesn't make them stop. They can look right at you but they don't calm down...it is as if they aren't really even awake. She would just have to cry her way through it then she would fall back asleep like it never happened.
I wonder if your little guy doesn't have something else going on with him...but for now - comfort him and just give him what he needs. Most sleep issues will be outgrown.
2007-01-23 20:16:21 · answer #3 · answered by bgmom 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
start a routine with him about 30 mins aftter he goes to sleep every night lightly rub his cheek or back and call his name get him to open his eyes and look at you then proceed to tell him that mommys here and that hes safe and nothing can happen to him then let him fall back to sleep this helps them feel safe and more comforted... it might take a few days or at the most a few weeks but this should resolve the night terrors i had the same problem with my 2 year old and after doing this for a week hey stopped
2007-01-23 20:34:28 · answer #4 · answered by Angel 2 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's very good that he's sleeping in your room. Children are very perceptive to the evil associated with the dark and become frightened. . If at all possible, have him sleep in the bed for a while with you and your husband.
Tell the nurse she's full of crap...and gas also, herself.
2007-01-23 20:13:19 · answer #5 · answered by Joseph C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My daughter does the same thing. Just calm him down and put him back to sleep. If he falls right back to sleep, than it is probably nightmares.
2007-01-23 21:04:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If he blinks at you then it is not night terrors. my son had those and they are sound asleep his eyes would be tightly shut and he'd scream and scream but still be asleep. We'd have to let it pass then he'd fall back asleep and be fine.
2007-01-23 21:32:31 · answer #7 · answered by Samantha 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He's a baby, of course he's going to cry in the middle of the night. They do that sorta thing.
2007-01-23 20:14:18 · answer #8 · answered by browneyesoxx 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I suggest you read Dr. Richard Ferber's "Solve your child's sleep problems." You can probably get it at your local library.
2007-01-23 20:18:49 · answer #9 · answered by greydoc6 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try sleeping with him till he gose to sleep then he knows you thare but that should help with that yet im not a chiled spechlist im jsut giveing advice
2007-01-23 20:15:59 · answer #10 · answered by jimmy_barkas2000 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋